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"It doesn’t seem all that long ago we were getting excited for Magic 2015: Duels of the Planeswalkers. But a year has already passed and with it comes the latest iteration in this long running collectible card game, Magic Duels: Origins. True to its nature, Origins doesn’t deviate from the well polished Magic: The Gathering formula. But more than any other version of Magic, Wizards of the Coast has stripped away layer after layer of complexity to welcome new players into the fold. This alone makes Origins the definitive digital version of Magic."
I recently got to try out a SUBPAC for the first time and man, was I blown away!
This article, on the other hand, will instead list a few games I’ve been able to test with the SUBPAC and I’ll give feedback on the best effects I’ve gotten to experience in them.
Pixelgate writes:
''While the likes of Hearthstone may sitting upon the throne of video game card combat games, Magic The Gathering still dominates the physical realm. It’s has been around for decades, becoming a culture within itself. The video game equivalents have been something of a mixed bag, especially in its latest formart. ''
I know card games are big; we have guys at the radio show who will go to a big con and spend most of it playing over going to panels and such. But never really grabbed me.
I played a few in school over the years. Primary school/early high school was Pokemon, then a brief flash of Yu gi oh and then Magic the gathering for a few years. I prefer the physical versions to paying the same for digital counter-parts
Shadows Over Inistrad is the biggest content update to ever come to Magic Duels and it drops on April 6th.
I actually have some faith in them this time. They screwed up sooo bad with the launch and then BFZ, but they've been much more open recently with how they're handling things.
Will be interesting to see how this goes competing against Hearthstone. Magic has such an intimidating reputation it's a bit of a barrier for them to overcome before new players start flocking to it.
They need some good marketing to position it as "easy to learn, hard to master" like Blizzard has so successfully done.
Big calls to say this is the best considering Hearthstone now and The Elder Scrolls Legends incoming, but good to see Magic at least competing.